Regal Medical Group (RMG)

With a network spanning more than 5,000 square miles and thousands of health care providers, Regal Medical Group is part of one of Southern California's largest managed health networks. That size works to your advantage, allowing us to be there to coordinate all of your health care, when and where you need us. In spite of our size, we remain rooted in close community and operate upon the simple, traditional principles of knowing our customer, and providing respectful, personal, quality care.

At Regal, we know that navigating the healthcare system can be complicated for patients and for physicians. We also believe that during a visit to your doctor, the focus should be on health and wellness. You should be discussing things like prevention, diagnosis, treatment and healing, not coverage, networks, claims, regulations and billing. That's where an IPA, like Regal Medical Group, is able to serve both patients and physicians, by managing the business of managed care so that you don't have to.

Regal Medical Group works together with your healthcare plan and your PCP to keep things running smoothly. We collaborate with our physicians to provide quality care, while focusing on minimizing your out of pocket expenses. One way that we keep your overall health care costs low is by emphasizing preventative care in order to keep you healthy.

Sierra Medical Group (SMG)

Sierra Medical Group represents the future of medicine. Throughout our twenty five year history serving Antelope Valley, we have diligently invested our time and resources in the development of programs and services responsive to the healthcare needs of today's patient, while adapting to the increasingly diverse needs of tomorrow's health care agenda.

At SMG your health is our priority. An excellent team of specialty physicians who are either board certified or board eligible supports our primary care physicians providing you with a comprehensive healthcare network that is fully committed to your individual needs.

At SMG, we work hard to ensure that our patients receive quality medical care. This is why you will find easy access to your doctor, minimal waiting time for referrals, and staff members that genuinely care for your well-being.

Desert Oasis Health Care (DOHC)

DOHC is a team of highly skilled primary care physicians and ancillary providers, servicing the community with all their health care needs from newborn to senior care. We have convenient locations throughout the Coachella Valley, Morongo Basin and Yucca Valley areas.

We are affiliated with every hospital in the Coachella Valley, which includes Eisenhower Memorial Hospital, Desert Regional Medical Center, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital and Hi-Desert Medical Center.

Bakersfield Family Medical Center (BFMC)

Bakersfield Family Medical Center provides excellence in health care to our patients in professional settings that promote wellness and preventive medicine in Kern County. Throughout the twenty year history of our medical group, we have diligently invested our resources in the development of programs and services responsive to the healthcare needs of today’s patient while adapting to the increasingly diverse needs of tomorrow’s healthcare agenda.

Our facilities offer superior patient convenience by providing Urgent Care, Pharmacy, Lab, Radiology, Pediatrics and a variety of specialty services at one convenient site. In addition, the Heritage Physician Network is a group of physicians located throughout Kern County who have joined together to form an Independent Physicians Association (IPA). These IPA physicians remain affiliated with BFMC although they maintain their own individual offices. Members who choose physicians in Heritage Physician Network will see their selected doctors in their conveniently located private offices. All members of Heritage Physician Network can access the full range of services, programs and specialists offered by BFMC.

Coastal Communities Physician Network (CCPN)

CCPN is an Independent Practice Association (IPA) formed in 2006, consisting of a network of contracted physicians located throughout the San Luis Obispo and Tulare counties. These IPA physicians are affiliated with BFMC/CCPN for the coordination of care rendered to members who have selected CCPN as their primary medical group. Members who choose physicians of CCPN will see their doctors in their conveniently located private offices and also have access to a whole network of out-of-area specialists. All members of CCPN can access a full range of services, programs and specialists through these contracted providers.

High Desert Medical Group (HDMG)

HDMG has a long-standing promise to provide residents of the Antelope Valley with the highest quality health care possible. Living up to our promise is an on-going commitment, which necessitates our growth as a multi-specialty medical group providing a wide range of health care services for our patients. For more than 25 years, we've been fortunate to have an impressive team of health care professionals, administrators, support personnel and dedicated volunteers who work in unison to help us deliver on our promise.

Together, we partner with local hospitals, medical experts and business leaders, and we actively support numerous organizations, educational, cultural and recreational events. Our team of healthcare professionals is available and ready to help you with all of your medical needs. We accept over 85 different health plans, including HMO, PPO, POS, EPO, Private and Medicare plans. Our Lancaster facility offers the convenience of having your Primary Care Physician, Lab, X-Ray, Urgent Care, Pharmacy, a Health Education Department, Infusion Center, and a multitude of subspecialties all under the same roof. In addition, our Urgent Care is now open 24 hours a day 7 days a week including holidays. We also have a full service Occupational Medicine Center on-site.

Heritage Victor Valley Medical Group (HVVMG)

Heritage Victor Valley Medical Group has exceeded our members’ expectations since its inception in 2003 through personalized care by a staff of skilled professionals, a speedy referral system, and a panel of specialists to serve all your medical needs.

We believe the most important aspect of healthcare is tending to the personal needs of our patients. Our facilities are equipped with some of the finest diagnostic equipment and technicians available. We have the resources and commitment to always bring the best to meet the new challenges and ever-changing health care needs of the Victor Valley region.

Lakeside Medical Group (LMG)

Lakeside Medical Group is a comprehensive healthcare provider with a network of physicians and services throughout the San Fernando, San Gabriel and Santa Clarita Valleys, as well as parts of Ventura and San Bernardino Counties. We aim to deliver quality, affordable healthcare to the communities we serve.

We bring more than 20 years of innovation in healthcare delivery and management systems to our integrated network of services, which include hundreds of primary care physicians and over a thousand specialists; ancillary services, such as an outpatient surgery center, urgent care centers and physical therapy; and affiliations with premier hospitals, labs and other support services.

Our commitment to complete patient care includes developing new and better ways of delivering healthcare. From our approach to prevention and disease management to our hospitalist program and more, your care is coordinated so that you have the best possible outcomes.

Affiliated Doctors of Orange County (ADOC)

Affiliated Doctors of Orange County Medical Group, Inc., (ADOC) is an independent practice association, a medical group of over 275 private physicians and 600 specialty physicians who are dedicated to providing affordable, quality healthcare for individuals of all ages. We are affiliated with most major health plans, including many HMOs.

With offices throughout the greater Orange County area, chances are board-certified primary care physician and board certified specialists you need are in your own neighborhood.

Our goal is to help you make better care decisions for yourself and your family.

Dr. Richard Merkin, President and CEO of Heritage Provider Network, is pleased to announce that his foundation has provided a gift to The Brookings Institution in Washington DC, to fund the Dr. Richard Merkin Initiative on Payment Reform and Clinical Leadership at the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings. The donation will support two full time scholars who will study ways we can reform the health care payment system, as well as how to increase the leadership skills of clinicians.

"Real health care reform requires clinician leadership and this new initiative will bring together clinical expertise and the potential for policy impact," said Dr. Mark McClellan, Director of the Engelberg Center and Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, and the former Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The initiative was announced during a forum held by the Engelberg Center entitled, "Advancing Health Care Payment and Delivery Reform through Clinical Leadership." Congressional leaders including Rep Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas) and Rep Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-Pa.) discussed important health care legislation. Dr. Richard Baron and Dr. Patrick Conway from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) described new CMS initiatives that provide important new opportunities for clinical leadership.

In explaining the initiative, Dr. Merkin said, "I have dedicated my life to transforming our health care system. During that time, I have found that there are many ways to help physicians improve patient care. Today's challenges, however, require looking at how we can deliver and pay for health care in an entirely new and different way." Dr. Merkin continued, "As we all know, navigating the rough waters of change requires effective leadership. And, dramatic change, such as that required in health care, requires exceptional leadership. We must increase the number of truly effective clinical leaders and change agents." Dr. Merkin also believes that payment reform is necessary to ensure the continued excellence of the U.S. health care system. "The current payment system has created a host of problems, from a shortage of primary care physicians, to the creation of incentives that in the long run do not benefit patients. I believe it is critical to address both clinical leadership and payment reform together, as only in that manner will we be able to achieve truly transformative change. Perhaps it is time we started thinking about health care and its payment system as a behavioral economics problem. I believe this initiative will allow us to do so." Finally, Dr. Merkin discussed why he chose The Brookings Institution as the site of initiative. "When one reflects on those 'think tanks' that have the ability to help achieve rational, transformative change, one thinks of The Brookings Institution. Brookings is the right place, and now is the right time, for an initiative on clinical leadership and payment reform."

About Dr. Merkin:

Dr. Merkin is the founder of the Heritage Provider Network, which he began over 30 years ago. Today, Heritage is the largest IPA in the State of California, serving members in seven counties throughout Southern California, as well as New York and Arizona. Heritage provides medical care to over 700,000 patients, and employs over 3,500 individuals. Its medical network is comprised of over 3,000 primary care physicians, 30,000 specialty physicians and over 100 contracted hospital partners. In addition to founding Heritage, Dr. Merkin is a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, has funded medical research foundations at the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard University, Johns Hopkins and UCLA, and is also involved in a myriad of other charitable and community activities involving health care and education. In 2011, Dr. Merkin established the Heritage Health Prize, a health care predictive modeling competition.